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At this year’s Newport Folk Festival, country legend Dolly invited Brandi – who had curated a set of all-female performers including Linda Perry and Maggie Rogers – on stage to perform a duet of I Will Always Love You. “It was just a little song that I felt from my heart,” Dolly said when introducing the iconic track, joking to her fellow country star, “Im talking my head off, you got anything to say?” to which Brandi replied, “Just that...

Our 14th Annual Simply diVine food and wine festival was one for the books. A big thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, and guests for making it a night to remember. Share this...FacebookTwitter source

At least three people were killed and 15 other people injured in a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, authorities said Sunday night. A suspect was also shot and killed. "It's sort of a nightmare you hope you never have to live in reality," Police Chief Scot Smithee said at a news conference. Smithee said the suspect appeared to be shooting "somewhat randomly" and that investigators had no information on a possible motive. He said that police believed...

It’s hard to believe that Florence + the Machine have been releasing music for ten years now, but a full decade on from the launch of their July 2009 debut album Lungs, the 65,000-strong crowd at Hyde Park was treated to an impressive headline set from Florence Welch and her bandmates. It’s an enjoyable end to the day’s festivities, which saw support from American alternative rock outfit The National and Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li. Florence rarely spoke to the crowd...

Andersonville Chamber of Commerce. The LGBTQ-friendly festival honoring the neighborhood's Swedish roots, now in its 54th year, informally marks the beginning of summer street fest season.The Swedish American Museum will kick off the event with its traditional dance around the Maypole, and it will be selling native food favorites like Swedish meatballs and cinnamon rolls. Artists and merchants, both local and visiting, will be selling their works and local shops and restaurants will be offering discounts and specials.The three-day festival wouldn't...

Teens threw rocks and two hit this gay guy on the back of his head A gay guy was attacked with rocks after leaving queer music festival Mighty Hoopla in London. Teens yelled homophobic slurs and pelted Jeff Ingold, the media manager at Stonewall, with rocks. Attacked with rocks after Mighty Hoopla This is what Jeff has to say: Last night, I was walking to the corner store with some friends and we passed a group of teenagers. We had just come from a...

We posted this article originally in January, but it seems that everyone is talking about it again as Coachella time is here. Coachella tickets are going on sale today (at 3 pm EST) and some big names like Beyoncé, the Weeknd, Eminem, and more are going to be performing. But, Perez Hilton, of all people, wants to shine a light on the homophobe behind the scenes before we buy our tickets. Hilton shared on his website that fans of the annual music...

Reynolds has spoken about regretting preaching against homosexuality as a young Mormon missionary. Dan Reynolds waved the Pride flag at an Imagine Dragons show Saturday, during the Lollapalooza Brazil Festival at Sao Paulo’s Interlagos Racetrack. https://twitter.com/j_spacebreather/status/978041903701774336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fdan-reynolds-shirtless-concert%2F03%2F2018%2F The 30-year-old singer-songwriter has made LGBT rights his cause in recent years: The new documentary Believer charts his journey from young Mormon missionary to rock star to LGBT ally and advocate. Reynolds was raised LDS and, for two years in Omaha, “knocked thousands of doors” telling...

"Love is love!" Sydney welcomed the arrival of equal marriage Down Under on January 9 with a public “Love Is Love” celebration at the city’s annual festival. The date marked the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in Australia following Parliament’s passage of marriage equality in December. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdue_IYBb6O/ In addition to a full schedule of Sydney Festival performers, guests were treated to a five-tier rainbow wedding cake and “Equality Time” gelato. https://twitter.com/sydney_festival/status/950644184376995840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fsydney-festival-wedding-reception%2F01%2F2018%2F Though no actual weddings were performed at the Love Is Love reception,...

The parade was held in the world-famous Shibuya ward, which was the first to allow same-sex couples to get marriage certificates As Japan makes slow moves to improve the lives of its LGBTI citizens, the country still has a long way to go. Some prefectures permit same-sex couples marriage certificates and one temple has even allowed same-sex couples to be buried together. But trans people still have to jump through extreme hoops to have their gender updated on official documentation. And the...

Coachella – Home of live music, Californian sun, and washboard abs.  Coachella’s 18th festival kicked off this weekend, so you know what that means… It’s time to round up all the hottest guys from Instagram and drool over them to perk us up after a long weekend – did we mention how much we love our job? Call us thirsty etc, but we know you’ll be scrolling down this page. How can you resist the tiny speedos and six-pack abs? Take a look at some...

Watch these beautifully diverse videos for this weekend only You can watch five free and amazingly diverse LGBTI short films for this weekend only. Run by the British Council and the British Film Institute, #FiveFilms4Freedom offers films free of charge and all under 15 minutes. Selected for the London LGBT Film Festival, the films cover topics from Grindr to the voguing scene in Paris. Now in it’s third year, the campaign hopes to promote LGBTI representation to an international audience. Last year, the campaign...

In a push to promote LGBTI rights the Australian Embassy will host Hanoi's first Mardi Gras Festival Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is about to host its first ever LGBTI Mardi Gras Festival. Hosted by the Australian Embassy the idea of the festival is to bring the spirit of the world famous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to Vietnam. ‘Promoting gender equality is a top priority for both the Vietnamese and Australian Governments and we are proud to support Vietnam’s efforts, including through...

If you needed another reason to attend this year’s Burning Man Festival, we have found a very NSFW reason to join tens of thousands of people who will flock to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for the week-long arts and music festival. This post is sponsored by misterbnb, a website providing short-term rentals for gay travelers. Learn more here. A recently uploaded video from last year’s Burning Man 2015, shows us a large group of men and women observing a nude male...